Schmugglern auf der Spur - Menschenschmuggel in der Wüste - Report / Recht und Kriminalität

Multiple CBP officers overlook cars waiting in line in the pre-primary lanes at the El Paso border in El Paso, Texas. (National Geographic)

CBP Officer Hundal inspects multiple electronic devices found in a courier's belongings in Dulles, Va. (National Geographic)

CBP Officer Wilson inspects a package found in a courier's belongings in Dulles, Va. Fellow officers Hundal and Augustino perform other inspetions in the background. (National Geographic)

Multiple vacuum-sealed packages of marijuana are pictured on a table after they were discovered by CBP officers in a shipped package in Dulles, Va. (National Geographic)

A CBP officer goes through a courier's packages to confirm their manifest in Dulles, Va. (National Geographic)

CBP Officer Griffin looks on as CBP Officer Hundal inspects multiple electronic devices found in a courier's belongings in Dulles, Va. (National Geographic)

Chief Augustino questions a courier about the numerous amount of electronic devices found in their belongings in Dulles, Va. (National Geographic)

Two CBP officers use crowbars to access hidden packages of suspected narcotics from the rear bumper of a suspect's vehicle in El Paso, Texas. (National Geographic)

Border Patrol Agent Contreras uses binoculars to better surveil the highway for possible human smugglers in San Diego, Calif. (National Geographic)

Multiple packages of cocaine found smuggled in the rear bumper of a suspect's vehicle are placed on a scale to be weighed in El Paso, Texas. (National Geographic)

Multiple packages of methamphetamine are weighed on a scale after they were found smuggled inside a suspect's vehicle in El Paso, Texas. (National Geographic)